Another expedition two years before, in which Goulaine de Laudonnière was under the command ofJean Ribault, a local Huguenot captain, had resulted in the foundation ofCharlesfort, now in South Carolina. Dieppe was the premier port of the kingdom in the 17th century.
AfterKing Edward VI died on 6 July 1553, putting a temporary end toProtestant rule in England,John Knox left England to evade the Catholic regime ofMary I. First, under the permission of his friends, he went back to his home country ofScotland. Then after he stayed in Dieppe for a few months, he continued on his tracks and stayed inGeneva. There he met one of his influences,John Calvin.
Dieppe was an important target inwartime; the town was largely destroyed by anAnglo-Dutch naval bombardment in 1694. It was rebuilt after 1696 in a typical French classical style by Ventabren, an architect, who gave it its unique feature for a sea port. It was popularised as aseaside resort following the 1824 visit of the widowedDuchess of Berry, daughter-in-law ofCharles X. She encouraged the building of the recently renovated municipaltheatre, thePetit-Théâtre (1825), associated particularly withCamille Saint-Saëns. The city enjoyedMayoral status at this point and in 1787, the"Maire de Dieppe" was N. Nile.[4]
During the later 19th century, Dieppe became popular with English artists as abeach resort. Prominent literary figures such asArthur Symons loved to keep up with the latest fads ofavant-garde France here, and during "the season" sometimes stayed for weeks on end.
During theSecond World War Dieppe was occupied by German naval and army forces after thefall of France in 1940. In order to allow a better defence of the coast against a possibleAllied landing, the Germans destroyed the mauresque casino that was located near the beach area. The destruction of the casino had only begun at the time of theDieppe Raid.
The raid proved a costly lesson for the Allies. On 19 August 1942, Allied soldiers, mainly drawn from the2nd Canadian Infantry Division, landed at Dieppe in the hope of occupying the town for a short time, gaining intelligence and drawing theLuftwaffe into open battle. The Allies suffered more than 1,400 deaths, 907 Canadian, and 1,946 Canadian soldiers were captured – more prisoners than the army lost in the 11 months of the1944–45 NW Europe campaign.[5] However, no major objectives were achieved. More recent research suggests the raid was a massive cover for an intelligence operation to capture German code machine components.[6]
French soldiers from the region, captured in the fighting of 1940, were returned to the area after the Dieppe Raid as a reward by the German occupation authorities, who felt that the conduct of the French civilians in Dieppe had been correct and had not hindered the defence of the port during the battle.
The port remained garrisoned by German forces until the conclusion of theBattle of Normandy. When theFirst Canadian Army approached at the end of August, the garrison withdrew, not desiring to enter into battle for the port.
Dieppe was liberated on 1 September 1944, by soldiers from the2nd Canadian Infantry Division. On 3 September, the entire division paused for reorganization, and a victory parade was held; contingents representing all major units of the 2nd Division marched 10 abreast behind the massed pipes and drums of the division's highland regiments. A memorial service was held in the nearby Canadian military cemetery to honour those killed in the Dieppe Raid.[7]
Starting on 10 June and ending on 11 June 1945, a soldier named Abd el Maleck slew 15 people and wounded 9 others after getting drunk. He was captured on 11 June, court-martialed for murder, and executed by firing squad on 14 February 1946.[8][9]
Dieppe, a city inNew Brunswick, Canada, received its present name in 1946, in honour of the commemoration of the 913 Canadian soldiers killed in the Dieppe Raid. The majority of its inhabitants are ofAcadian descent.[10]
Panoramic view of Dieppe (taken from a hill close to the castleChâteau de Dieppe)
Dieppe belongs to thePays de Caux, lying along theAlabaster Coast in theregion ofNormandy.It is located on the Channel coast, north of Rouen at the mouth of the riverArques and lies east of the mouth of the riverScie.
Mentioned asDeppae in 1015–1029,Dieppa in 1030, then in the 12th century:Deppa,Deupa andDiopa.[14]
From Old Englishdēop or Old Norsedjúpr "deep", same meaning.[15] The Nominalization from an Old English or Norse adjective, being unusual,dēop /djúpr could be followed by the Old English wordǣ /ea or Old Norseá "stream, river" (cf. Djúpá, river in Iceland).[16]
The same adjective can be recognized in other place-names like Dieppedalle (f. e.Saint-Vaast-Dieppedalle) and Dipdal in Normandy, which is the same asDeepdale in Great Britain.
The stream running through Dieppe was calledTella inMerovingian andCarolingian documents, before being calledDieppe in the 10th century. The name has stuck to the town, although the name of the stream changed again, to Béthune.[15]
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The castle,Château de Dieppe, which survived the 1694 bombardment, is now a museum and exhibition space, with a strong maritime collection. A rich collection of 17th- and 18th-centuryivory carvings, including lacy folding fans, for which Dieppe was known, and the furnishings and papers ofCamille Saint-Saëns. The castle's interior courtyard is picturesque.
At the Square du Canada, near the castle in a park at the western end of the Esplanade, there is a monument erected by the town commemorating the long relationship between Dieppe andCanada. The events recorded begin with the early 16th century, and culminate with the Dieppe Raid and the liberation of Dieppe by Canadians on 1 September 1944. The base of the monument is inscribed with the words "nous nous souvenons" ("we remember"). Above the monument, theFlag of Canada is flown side by side with that of France.
The small municipal theatre, reopened in 2002: the small municipal theater (1900) has been listed in the supplementary inventory of historic monuments since 1990. It has a Louis XV rockery with gilding style. Its Italian-style theatre, built by the engineer Frissard, was donated by the Duchess of Berry to the municipality in 1826. Rebuilt in 190[clarification needed] and enlarged with a foyer facing the sea, it is contemporary with the Moorish casino and is one of the last vestiges of the time when Dieppe attracted the European aristocracy and upper middle class. Damaged during the Second World War, its facades were covered in cement in the 1960s. The theater was closed in 1961. The theater has been a source of political controversy, especially in 2007 when a rehabilitation project was proposed by the municipal majority at the time but fought by the local opposition.
The casino, inaugurated in 1961 in the presence ofRobert Buron, Minister of Public Works, Transport and Tourism, succeeds the Moorish casino and the Art Deco casino of the 1930s. It is mainly located on the site of the former Villa Rachel which was demolished to allow its construction. It has a remarkable architecture.
L'Estran Cité de la mer, an associative center for scientific and technical culture on the theme of the Upper Normandy coast, presents over 1,600 m2 of exhibition space, shipbuilding, fishing techniques, the coastal environment and fauna of the English Channel.
The underground aqueduct, also called the aqueduct of the blue source, is a gravity aqueduct which was drilled in the 16th century by the engineer Toustain under the plateau of Janval. Over 6.7 km, it once brought water from an abundant source located in Petit-Appeville to the city, and is still used in 2022 for the electricity and telecommunications networks.
The water tower, in the Vertus district at the entrance to the city of Dieppe, was built in 1971 by the architect Herbelin. It has been decorated since 1973 with a polychrome fresco by Victor Vasarely, made up of orange and black diamonds on a blue background.
A new seaside resort inaugurated on May 15, 2007, contains an outdoor seawater swimming pool, several indoor leisure pools and a thalassotherapy center.
A Canadian military cemetery is present in Dieppe.
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